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Meaning of speakingness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Expressiveness; eloquence.
    uncountable
  2. The quality of producing or conveying speech.
    uncountable

Examples

“What pretence hath the unbeliever, or any heart, against the speakingness and significancy of this testimony?”
“From this perspective, thematic or referential similarities count less than a sensually alert feel of the text: sounds, sights, echoes and colours as carried by the 'speakingness' of living language.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Speakman speako speakout Speaks speal speal-bone

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